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2016 Freightliner Cascadia Engine problems

Owners have filed 4 complaints about the 2016 Freightliner Cascadia's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 33% of all its complaints, most recently on January 7, 2025. They describe 0 crashes, 2 fires and 0 injuries. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

Complaints
4
Recalls
0
Crashes
0
Fires
2
Injuries
0
Deaths
0

Engine complaints

Engine & coolingFuel system

Injector cup started leaking damaging injectors and causing cross contamination between fuel and coolant. This is a know problem for the isx and cummins should pay for the repair

Filed Incident Engine · Fuel / propulsion systemNHTSA 11634584
Engine & cooling

The contact owns a 2016 Freightliner Cascadia. The contact stated that while her worker was driving at various speeds, the vehicle lost motive power and stalled. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle failed to restart. The vehicle was then towed to a local dealer, where it was diagnosed that the engine control module (ECM), engine, and an unknown fuse needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 600,000.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 11516788
Electrical systemBody, doors & structureEngine & coolingFire

I am a fire investigator with onondaga county ny recently I had two separate fires in similar vehicles (see nhtsa compliant # 11390543) both origin and cause investigations revealed a malfunction/failure in what has been described to me as a power distribution modular (pdm) both vehicles were totally destroyed by the resulting fire. Both vehicles were parked and not running at the time of event.*Dt*jb*jb*jb*jb consumer believes the melting snow which entered the electric components was contributing factor that caused the fire.*Jb

Filed Incident Electrical system · Structure · EngineNHTSA 11390547
Electrical systemBody, doors & structureEngine & coolingFire

I am a fire investigator with onondaga county fire investigation unit. Recently I had two fires with similar vehicles both were 2016 freightliners cascadia 125 both were parked and not running at the time of the fire events. Both origin and cause investigations appeared to reveal a failure/malfunction at the what has been described to me as being the power distribution modular (pdm). Both resulted in the vehicles being destroyed by fire.*Dt*jb*jb*jb*jb*jb

Filed Incident Electrical system · Structure · EngineNHTSA 11390543

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